SCOPE AND CONTENT
Preferred Citation:
Provenance:
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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Architecture of Stanford University collection
Identifier/Call Number: SC0125
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1886-1937
Physical Location: Special Collections and University
Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 36-48 hours in advance. For more
information on paging collections, see the department's website:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html.
Language of Material:
English .
SCOPE AND CONTENT
This collection consists primarily of original correspondence concerning the early stages
of planning, construction and landscaping of Stanford University, 1886-1906. The
construction of Memorial Church, the Library (1906), the Gymnasium (1906), the Museum, and
parts of the Quadrangle are featured. Major correspondents include Leland Stanford;
Frederick Law Olmsted and J. C. Olmsted, landscape architects; John McMillan, supervising
engineer at the Stanford construction site; Charles Lathrop, Business Manager, Stanford
University; Charles Edward Hodges, draughtsman and later resident architect; Thomas H.
Douglas, nurseryman; Henry S. Codman, Olmsted partner; Joseph Lamb, manufacturer of stained
glass windows; and Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, architectural firm. The collection also
contains some photocopies of Olmsted correspondence.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item], Architecture of Stanford University Collection (SC0125). Dept. of
Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford, Calif.
Provenance:
This collection contains material acquired from a variety of sources. The Olmsted-McMillan
correspndence came to the Archives sometime before 1965, source unknown. The letters from
the Olmsted firm to Emory Smith and the copies of Frederick Law Olmsted's letters provided
by the Olmsted firm form another group of records, which seem to have come to the Stanford
Collection (precursor of the University Archives) through Orrin Leslie Elliott, first
University "historian." The Charles Edward Hodges, Joseph Lamb, and Charles Lathrop letters
were included in a group of materials purchased in 1972 from Frank Spingola of San Francisco
(with funds provided by Mr. David Canfield, Santa Fe). In 1976, photocopies of
correspondence in the Frederick L. Olmsted papers and the Olmsted Associates papers, both in
the Library of Congress, were ordered and received to expedite research for the "Founders
and Architects" exhibit.
Publication Rights:
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the
documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the
Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Universities and colleges -- Buildings.
Stanford University -- History.
School buildings -- California -- Design and construction.
Architecture -- California -- Stanford.